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This deluxe edition, 4-CD set features the magnificent Aeolian-Skinner at First Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, Texas. Volume 4 features historic recordings from 1951 to 1980 in over four hours of that wonderfully unmistakable Kilgore Aeolian-Skinner magic! Organists Dora Poteet Barclay, Neal Campbell, James Lynn Culp, Stephen Farrow, Roy Perry, William Teague, and William Watkins are featured, with the choirs of First Presbyterian Church and Austin College, in works by Bach, Bairstow, Brahms, Cabezon, Callahan, D'Aquin, Davies, Dupre, Franck, Howells, Ireland, Karg-Elert, Langlais, Manz, Messiaen, Parry, Perry, Reger, Reubke, Simonds, Sowerby, Widor, and Willan, including never-before-released material from private recordings, including a rare recording of legendary organist Dora Poteet Barclay in recital. A 36-page booklet is included, with program notes and essays by Charles Callahan, Roy Perry, and Nora Williams, and many photographs of the church, the organ and its builders, Kilgore, Roy Perry, and organists heard on the album. Order your copy today! Disc 1: Music of the Church Disc 2: In Memoriam: Roy Perry Disc 3: The Art of William Watkins Disc 4: Roy Perry Private Recordings

East Texas Pipe Organ Festival, honoring the life and works of Roy Perry (1906 - 1978)